A violent sex offender who cut his monitoring ankle bracelet and fled from Canada to Seattle in 2013 has been arrested after he allegedly broke into a home and raped a 69-year-old Seattle woman, officials said.

With the state Senate passing a bill to regulate medical marijuana, Washington's House of Representatives is preparing its own version of a pot-market overhaul, one that could cut prices at licensed recreational stores.

A Justice Department investigation will allege sweeping patterns of discrimination within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and at the municipal jail and court, law enforcement officials familiar with the report said Tuesday.